【明報專訊】Every now and then, in the education section of a newspaper, you see organisers of IELTS meeting the press and publishing findings on the performance of candidates. On one of such occasions last December, one of IELTS's owners reported that Hong Kong candidates had achieved the lowest scores in five years in the writing section. One of the reasons, it was said, was that candidates often "overdid" it, providing more than needed in their responses to the Task 1 question.